With a motive to create more awareness and minimise loss by natural calamities, Kaziranga University along with District Civil Defence Department, Jorhat conducted a Civil Defence Training cum demonstration workshop on May 4, 2016 at Koraikhowa LP School, Koraikhowa, Jorhat. A recent tragic accident which happened at the Koraikhowa village took the life of a villager by lightning strike leaving the villagers at a state of confusion and grief. Hence, this workshop was primarily conducted to create awareness and preparedness to survive a disaster or at the time of an emergency.